MeL Databases: New Gems and Trusted Standards

MeL Databases: New Gems and Trusted Standards MLA, 2007 Sheryl Mase, Library of Michigan Suzanne Robinson, Michigan Library Consortium

The Michigan eLibrary “MeL  mel.org 

MeL Coordination at LM All things MeL!  Public relations & marketing  Oversight of MLC support contracts  III and database contracts  User interface modifications  New development

http://michigan.gov/mel Visit the MeL information website for marketing tools, sample presentations, contact information and more… You can download various PowerPoint presentations designed for the public, legislators, and other interested parties.

Michigan eLibrary Evaluated Best Web Sites  Includes Michigan Educators’ Resources  (MER) Statewide Library Catalog  Resource sharing system with statewide  delivery Research Databases  Available for free to Michigan residents 24/7  MeL Michigana  Statewide digitization and local history  projects

MeL by the Numbers Michiganians ordered 19,791,087  articles during fiscal year 2004-2005. If charged an average commercial fee of $15.00 per article, the cost to residents would have exceeded $2.96 billion.

More MeL by the Numbers In 2006, MeL databases cost $3.9  million  In 2006, if every school, public library, college and university had purchased these databases separately it would have cost over $193 million

Add 7 million items to your library! Over 24 million items are available in  MeLCat; 7.69 million are unique titles  So far in ’07 weekly requests average 7,136  In 2006 MeLCat delivered 184,786 items, as of mid-October ’07, MeL has delivered 281,756 items (89.2% fill rate)

MeL is funded via LSTA $$$ The Library Services and Technology Act  (LSTA) is administered by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)  The Library of Michigan uses LSTA funds for MeL and MeLCat as well as other statewide projects and subgrants

Training and Support Contract with Michigan Library  Consortium  Support: Kelly Bayee, Suzanne Robinson,  Heather Thomas: Training 

Database Updates and Info Suzanne Robinson, Michigan Library  Consortium Talking very fast!  

Gale enhancements mid- August Search Alerts with RSS export: Set up instant search  alerts and journal alerts, with the added ability to create RSS feeds of InfoTrac content. Did You Mean?/Also Try: When a search fails to bring  desired results, users are given alternate spellings and preferred search terms to find appropriate results. Search Within Results: Dynamically refine search  results to pinpoint specific information by adding or excluding more terms to queries.

More enhancements Enhanced Limiting: After a search is completed, the left  sidebar will provide users with the option of selecting subject terms, subdivisions, article types and publications to allow further limiting of results. Enhanced Navigation: Based on feedback, changes  have been made to improve the interface navigation, including the creation of document tools (print, email, cite, download, translate) that appear in a visible TOOL BOX on each document. Enhanced Tabs: The number of results now will appear  on each tab, and color variation will be added to the tabs to signify more content behind the other tabs.

More… Enhanced Bookmarks: Direct access to individual  documents, searches and collections of documents will be made available through PowerSearch BOOKMARKS, which are clearly visible, easy to use, and always persistent. Improved quot;How-to-Citequot; Functionality: MLA and  APA formats for citations will be provided, with accurate elements, correct spacing and formatting. Publication Details: More information about each  publication will be provided, including embargo periods, publisher address and contact information, and publication descriptions

New Gale Common Menu (soon) This is what you see if you do a “change databases” click… …or if you point to the Gale menu on  your own page

Gale Cengage Learning -New Databases Business and Company ASAP   Business and Company Resource Center  ChiltonLibrary.com  Educator’s Reference Complete  Informe!  Onefiles and Powerpacks

Largest business database In MeL

Replaces K12 Professional Collection – more inclusive

Spanish Languages Sources

Don’t forget to Refresh!

Need Acrobat Reader

Gale OneFiles General OneFile  Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile   General interest news sources Academic OneFile  Highly academic journal sources   Growing weekly

Overlapping of content Academic Journals General Magazines Academic OneFile General OneFile 10,500 titles 11,472 titles 60% Unique 60% Unique Expanded Academic GRC Gold 4803 titles 4981 titles

Powerpacks Small, subject-focused   Cross-searchable on Gale PowerSearch  By mid-November, will be “databases”  MeL Support staff can provide direct URL’s for those who want them  mel.org – deciding how to incorporate

OCLC CAMIO -- different interface, new accounts  Hand Press Book  FS interface  History of Science, Technology and Medicine  (HSTM) FS interface  SCIPIO Art and Rare Book Sales Catalog  FS interface  GONE:  Classe Periodica, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst 

Ebsco – new MeL vendor! CINAHL Basic  NoveList 

CINAHL Basic Return of same database we had  before but now from EBSCO Limited full text  70 nursing journals  Thousands of citations 

NoveList New  For readers of ALL ages  For library staff and educators   WONDERFUL!

New from ProQuest HeritageQuest Online  SIRS Renaissance  Gone:  Ancestry Library Edition 

Search each section separately

Familiar gems SIRS Discoverer   General Reference Center Gold  Gale Virtual Reference Center  Health and Wellness Resource Center  InfoBits  WilsonSelectPlus

General Reference Center Gold Great general coverage  Good for just about any student,  faculty

Gale Virtual Reference Collection 10 titles  Easy to search  Good stuff! 

WilsonSelectPlus Wide coverage – science, humanities,  education, and business Full Text  PDF or HTML  Good for better readers, faculty 

MeL Featured Resources Electronic Journals List  Michigan Educators’ Resources  Don’t miss it! 

MeL Databases: New Gems and Trusted Standards

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